Airports & Networks

Air Berlin reached a codeshare agreement with future oneworld partner Iberia. The agreement, which went into effect Friday, will soon be expanded to the frequent flyer programs of both airlines.

UK Civil Aviation Authority instructed Gatwick Airport Ltd. to implement a more transparent and non-discriminatory pricing structure for check-in and baggage processing by April 2012 and consult its users when revising the pricing system.

BAA appointed Normand Boivin COO for London Heathrow. Boivin is currently serving as operations director for Aeroports de Montreal and will join BAA at the end of August. Baltic Ground Services won a contract from AeroSvit to provide aircraft and passenger ground handling for the Ukrainian carrier at Warsaw International.

United Arab Emirates (UAE) operator Etihad Airways is planning to launch flights to two new destinations in China during the Northern Winter schedules

Independent Nigerian carrier Arik Air is expanding its activities in the West African market with the addition of a flight from its Lagos base to the

Finnair is to become the first European carrier to offer non-stop scheduled passenger links to the expanding southwestern Chinese city of Chonqing

US low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways is to introduce flights on a second route to Costa Rica inaugurating links from its New York John F Kennedy

Gulf carrier Oman Air is to introduce a four times weekly link from its expanding Muscat International Airport base to the Swiss city of Zurich this

German national carrier Lufthansa is to launch a twice daily service between Frankfurt and London Gatwick, complementing its existing flights to

Published seat capacity figures for July on flights within the Asia Pacific region will reach 99,044,360, according to the latest statistics from OAG

PAWA DOMINICANA ADDS MIAMI AND VALENCIA LINKS FROM SANTO DOMINGO Caribbean operator Pan American World Airways Dominicana (PAWA Dominicana) is to

According to sources in Africa, plans to develop a new national carrier for Zambia are at an advanced stage as investors in South Africa and Zambia

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UK carrier Monarch Airlines has launched a unique tongue-in-cheek set of Top Trumps that pit some of the world’s most high profile figures and

Syria's official news agency, SANA has reported that its national airline, Syrian Arab Airlines, is to switch its attention east - and drop failing European routes.

Etihad is awaiting governmental approval to begin a new non-stop service from Abu Dhabi to Shanghai in china - the first link between the two cities.

Dubai Airports will spend $7.8 billion on new and upgraded terminals to lift Dubai International's annual passenger capacity from 60 million currently to 90 million by 2018. The project is designed to deliver infrastructure to support expected annual passenger and cargo traffic growth of 7.2% and 6.7%, respectively. Dubai Airports Chairman Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum said the elements expected to drive traffic growth are tourism, Dubai’s proximity to the emerging economies of India and China and the emirate's established role as a trading hub.

News from ATW's Airports Today: East Syracuse, New York-based Sensis Corp., the air traffic management technologies company with offerings that include Airport Surface Detection Equipment-X (ASDE-X) and runway status lights, reached a definitive agreement last week to be acquired by Sweden's Saab for $155 million.

UK Civil Aviation Authority said Wednesday it has launched a formal investigation into passenger and landing charges that took effect at London Heathrow April 1.

Dubai Airports today announced that Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has endorsed its $7.8 billion airport and airspace expansion programme which will boost capacity at Dubai International from 60 million to 90 million passengers per year by 2018.

Etihad Airways has announced plans to expand its network in China with daily non-stop, return services between Abu Dhabi and Shanghai.

Gulf Air have signed a joint marketing agreement with Copenhagen Connected - Copenhagen's route development programme - to aggressively drive inbound tourism from the Middle East to Copenhagen through Gulf Air's Bahrain hub.

Independent Nigerian carrier Arik Air is expanding its activities in the West African market with the addition of a flight from its Lagos base to the

Air China will this week inaugurate flights between Chengdu and Rikaze/Shigatse its fifth destination in the autonomous region of Tibet. The airline

German carrier airberlin is to introduce a weekly flight to the Caribbean island of Curaçao from its Dusseldorf base this November, subject to